With rookie Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver James Washington catching 74 passes in 2017 at Oklahoma State, one would think at least 20% of those would have came on third downs. That wasn’t the case, however, as Washington only caught 7 passes for 126 yards and a touchdown in Oklahoma State’s 13 games last season. Just so you know, Oklahoma State’s offense attempted 108 third-down pass attempts in 2017 with quarterback Mason Rudolph being responsible for 102 of those.
Washington, as you can see in the table below, was actually only targeted 17 times in total in 2017 on third-downs.